General News

• Oracle OpenWorld call for papers now open, now through April 9 (link)

• Oracle Announces Availability of Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine (link)

• Oracle EPM and BI Support Newsletter Current Edition - Volume 3 : March 2012 (link)
  

Customers

• Asiana Airlines Improves Passenger Management with Near-Real-Time Reservation and Ticketing Information 
• Centraal Boekhuis Delivers Faster with Oracle BI 11g
• Essatto Software Speeds Data Aggregation Tenfold; Integrates BI, Performance Management, and Data Warehousing for Midsize Businesses
• Grupo WTorre Supports Management's Decision-Making with OBIEE, Ensuring Uniform, Reliable, and Consistent Data
• Indian Overseas Bank Cuts Planning Schedule by 45 Worker Days per Year, Assesses Market Risk Instantly with Business Intelligence System
• Kentucky Community and Technical College System Enables Data-Driven Decision-Making Using Integrated System with Management Dashboards
• National Australia Bank Achieves 200% ROI, Improves Data Quality and Reporting Integrity with Oracle Hyperion DRM
• R.L. Polk & Co. Enhances Business Intelligence Capabilities, Optimizes System Performance with Extreme Analytics Machine Test
• ResCare, Inc. Transforms Reporting to Improve Healthcare Service Performance with Oracle Business Analytics 
• Rochester City School District Uses OBIEE to Track Student Achievement, Identify Areas for Improvement, Accelerate Reporting 
• Société Générale Standardizes, Accelerates, and Improves Budget Planning Accuracy across Global Enterprise
• The State Accounting Office of Georgia Integrates Financial Information, Shortens Financial Closings and Streamlines Reporting across 175 Organizations

Events

• 4-day Oracle Real-Time Decisions Hands-on Technical Workshop for Partners (PTS, Free)
• May 14-17, 2012: Colombes, Paris, France
• Nordic events : “Latest Release of Oracle Hyperion EPM and BI Suites Helps Organizations Plan through Uncertainty, Improve Decision-Making and Meet Regulatory Requirements” (April 17, Sweden | April 18, Norway | April 19, Denmark | April 24, Finland)
• Webcast Replay from Balaji Yelamanchili and Paul Rodwick: “Analytics Without Limits - The Latest on Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine and Oracle Business Intelligence”  (link) 
• Wednesday, April 04, 2012: Business Analytics launch webcast: Invite your customers to register (link)
• Big Data Online Forum now available on Demand (link) 

Enterprise Performance Management

• Webcast Replay: Accurate Forecasting within the Business Planning Cycle (link)
• Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management (HPCM) Master Support Note (link)

Business  Intelligence

• Whitepaper: Driving Innovation Through Analytics (link)
• Gartner: CIOs Identify BI as the No. 1 Technology Priority for 2012 (link)
• Webcast Replay: Exalytics in Action: Airlines, US Census and Federal Spending Demo Applications  (link)
• NEWLY RELEASED Walk-in Video for Exalytics - Use This to Start Customer/Partner Meetings! (link)
• IDC Insight Paper: “Oracle's All-Out Assault on the Big Data Market: Offering Hadoop, R, Cubes, and Scalable IMDB in Familiar Packages” (link)
• System Requirements and Supported Platforms for Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition 11gR1 Certification Matrix now published to include OBIEE 11.1.1.6.0 (link)
• Maintenance Release Guide (List of Bugs Fixed) for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) 11.1.1.6.0  (link)
• OBIEE 11.1.1.6: Is OBIEE 11.1.1.6 Certified With OBI Apps 7.9.6.3?  (link)
• Information Center: Troubleshooting Oracle Business Intelligence Applications (support login req'd)  (link)